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Last year’s IPL finalist Mumbai Indians defeated the IPL champions Chennai Super Kings by 8 run by virtue of an all round performance by the team. Chennai captain Dhoni won the toss and put Mumbai Indians to bat. After some initial hiccups, Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant 87 runs off 48 balls and was well supported by Andrew Symonds (31 runs off 26 balls) and Ambati Rayudu (27 runs off 29 balls) as they scored 164/4 in 20 overs. Doug Bollinger took two wickets for CSK. Chennai Super Kings replied very well with Subramanium Badrinath (71 runs off 48 balls) and Michael Hussey (41 runs off 33 balls) playing good knocks but hardly anybody else could even cross double digits as they ended up with 156/9 in their 20 overs. Harbhajan Singh took 5 wickets for 18 runs while Lasith Malinga contributed with 2 wickets. Harbhajan was awarded the Man of the Match for his bowling performance.

Chennai Super Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs at Chepauk today. Chennai captain Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Michael Hussey (83 runs off 56 balls) who joined the CSK squad today played a gem of an innings and he was supported by Murali Vijay (31 off 21), Suresh Raina (29 off 16) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (22 off 16) as they reached 183/5 in 20 overs. Bangalore lost early wickets in reply and a valiant effort by AB De Villiers (65 runs off 44 balls) could not secure them a win as they finished 21 runs short at 164/7 in their 20 overs. Michael Hussey was awarded the Man of the Match for his excellent knock.

Kings XI Punjab pulled up an incredible win against defending champions Chennai Super Kings due to an awesome innings by Mumbai lad Paul Valthaty who scored 120 runs for KXIP in merely 63 balls. Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put CSK to bat. Chennai lost 2 wickets without any runs on the board but Murali Vijay (74 runs off 43 balls), Subramanium Badrinath (66 runs off 56 balls) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (43 runs off 20 balls) recovered the team and helped CSK reach a huge total of 188/4 in 20 overs. In reply, Paul Valthaty almost won the game single-handed for Kings XI Punjab as they scored 193/4 with 5 ball to spare. He also became only the fourth Indian to score a century in the Indian Premier League and unanimously became the Man of the Match for the brilliant innings.

In the second semi-final of IPL 2, Anil Kumble won the toss and put Chennai Super Kings to bat. Most of the Chennai Super Kings batsmen lost their wicket after making good starts. They struggled against a disciplined bowing performance by Bangalore bowlers and ended up at 146/5 in 20 overs. Bangalore Royal Challengers cruised to the target as they scored 149/4 in 18.5 overs with Rahul Dravid (44 off 39 balls) and Manish Pandey (48 off 35 balls) batting brilliantly. Manish Pandey displayed his awesome stroke-play in the innings as he hit the Chennai bowlers to every part of the stadium. Manish Pandey was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant innings.

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Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel (W) lbw b Jacques Kallis 36 27 7 0 133.33
Matthew Hayden c Manish Pandey b Vinay Kumar 26 19 2 1 136.84
MS Dhoni (C) c Vinay Kumar b Roelof van der Merwe 28 30 0 0 93.33
Suresh Raina c Mark Boucher b Praveen Kumar 20 19 1 1 105.26
Albie Morkel not out 20 17 1 1 117.65
Jacob Oram c Robin Uthappa b Vinay Kumar 9 7 0 1 128.57
Subramaniam Badrinath not out 1 1 0 0 100
Manpreet Gony
Shadab Jakati
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 3 6
Total: (146 for 5 wickets in 20.0 overs) 146 Run Rate: 7.3

Fall of Wickets1-61 (Matthew Hayden, 7), 2-69 (Parthiv Patel, 8.4), 3-104 (Suresh Raina, 14.1), 4-125 (MS Dhoni, 17.2), 5-140 (Jacob Oram, 19.2)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 4 0 26 1 0 0 6.5
Jacques Kallis 4 0 26 1 0 1 6.5
Vinay Kumar 4 0 38 2 0 0 9.5
Anil Kumble 4 0 30 0 0 0 7.5
Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 23 1 0 2 5.75

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis c Parthiv Patel b Manpreet Gony 9 7 2 0 128.57
Manish Pandey b Shadab Jakati 48 35 7 0 137.14
Roelof van der Merwe b Albie Morkel 2 5 0 0 40
Rahul Dravid lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran 44 39 6 0 112.82
Virat Kohli not out 24 17 1 2 141.18
Ross Taylor not out 17 12 0 2 141.67
Robin Uthappa
Mark Boucher (W)
Vinay Kumar
Praveen Kumar
Anil Kumble (C)
Extras: b – 0, w – 0, nb – 2, lb – 3 5
Total: (149 for 4 wickets in 18.5 overs) 149 Run Rate: 7.91

Fall of Wickets1-17 (Jacques Kallis, 1.4), 2-22 (Roelof van der Merwe, 2.5), 3-94 (Manish Pandey, 12.3), 4-110 (Rahul Dravid, 15.1)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Albie Morkel 3 0 26 1 0 0 8.67
Manpreet Gony 2 0 23 1 1 0 11.5
Shadab Jakati 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25
Suresh Raina 3 0 23 0 0 0 7.67
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 0 15 1 0 0 3.75
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2 0 16 0 0 0 8
Jacob Oram 0.5 0 14 0 1 0 16.8

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